Judging from the situation, the Immortal Cultivators were not going easy at all. Instead, they were fighting a rather brutal battle.
At this moment, there were few resistance warriors who were still persisting in the forsaken mine. Wei Longtao was definitely the most violent and dazzling one of them. He had attracted almost half of the Immortal Cultivators' firepower. All kinds of bullets and colorful mystic rays were coming at him, triggering the most glamorous sound and visual effects around him. His Bronze Gorilla Extension was riddled with holes and falling apart. The scraps and components exploded one after another.
Wei Longtao was also determined to die together with the enemy. Not caring about his seemingly shocking wounds at all, he smashed himself into the Immortal Cultivators time and time again like a cannonball. He even managed to take down quite a few enemies who were made of flesh and blood.
When the resistance warriors who had retreated to the depths of the tunnel under his cover looked back, they happened to see that he was still fighting without retreating in the ocean of Immortal Cultivators. They were so moved that their eyes were brimming with tears, and their noses and chests were filled with bitterness.
"Commander!"
The resistance fighters roared at the top of their lungs.
"Leave me alone. Go now!"
Wei Longtao's voice turned extremely hoarse, as if his throat had been blocked by frozen blood. "I will break out of the siege. I promise you!" BOOM! BOOM!
BOOM! BOOM!
BOOM! BOOM! The giant fireballs enshrouded Wei Longtao and blocked his voice. The last impression that he left on all the resistance warriors was that he was waving his axes in the fire and slaughtering everyone like a deity who had just arrived!
However …
Such sound and visual effects and the gory battle could only fool the common Cultivators but not the senses of a Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivator.
Li Yao focused his attention and analyzed the thousands of data that his telepathic thoughts had collected carefully. He constructed brand-new models deep inside his soul until the entire virtual battlefield was reconstructed.
At first, he analyzed the speed, trajectory, and firepower of the spiritual puppets on the Immortal Cultivators' side when they were dealing with the common resistance warriors. Based on that, he came up with a standard value of the spiritual puppets' combat effectiveness.
Then, based on the 'Grand Illusionary Soldier Squad Strategy' of the Xing Yao Federation, he estimated the combat ability of a hundred spiritual puppets when they were combined.
He then compared the result of the deduction with the performance of the Immortal Cultivators when they besieged Wei Longtao. Something was indeed wrong.
"Assuming that the combat strength of these combat puppets is 100 against ordinary resistance fighters, then it will drop to 82 against Wei Longtao.
"To put it simply, their speed is slower, their reaction is slower, their firepower is weaker, and even their shooting accuracy has decreased by at least 30%.
"In the meantime, they are wasting even more spiritual energy on unnecessary sound and visual effects, triggering tremendous mystic rays, electric arcs, and fireballs that seem to be intimidating. They are making it so cool. Are they singing an opera right now?
"Even if I besiege Wei Longtao in the virtual battlefield with the Grand Illusionary Soldiers of the Xing Yao Federation, I can still wound or even kill him, if not capture him alive.
"The Grand Illusionary Soldiers of the Xing Yao Federation originated from the 'star child' of the Imperium of True Human Beings. In other words, even if the Imperium's spiritual puppets are not much better than the Federation's in terms of production and tactics, they are at least as good as the Federation's.
"There's no reason that the Imperium can't do what the Federation can.
"It is the same for the living Immortal Cultivators. The regular soldiers whose Crystal Suits are engraved with an eye are brutal, merciless, and merciless when they are dealing with the ordinary resistance fighters. But when they are dealing with Wei Longtao, they are clumsy and hesitant all of a sudden.
"Also, to cover their clumsiness, they even triggered colorful airwaves, fireballs, flames of spiritual energy, and blasts to disrupt the eyesight and senses of the witnesses as much as possible.
"Not just the ordinary resistance fighters, even the experts in the Core Formation Stage and even the Yuanying Stage couldn't have noticed it at all unless they grew suspicious in advance.
"Only the 'streamers' were still charging forward stupidly. Of course, they were no match for Wei Longtao. It was their perfect opportunity to make the show as vivid as possible!"
Li Yao's soul was getting colder and colder. It was almost frozen into a block of ice.
After analyzing to this point, both he and the mental devil were absolutely certain that the Immortal Cultivators had indeed gone easy on Wei Longtao.
Although Wei Longtao's Crystal Suit seemed to be on the brink of destruction, riddled with bullet holes, rips, and burns, and he was heavily wounded himself, blood leaking out of the gaps of the Crystal Suit, turning him into a bloodstained iron man,
Li Yao analyzed his every wound, only to discover that the shocking explosions had only scratched the surface of his body.
Some of the insignificant attacks had even interfered with the trajectories of the bullets, allowing Wei Longtao to avoid a lot of fatal attacks.
It was not that Wei Longtao could predict the enemy's attack or perform glamorously in the storm of bullets at ease.
On the contrary, it was the Immortal Cultivators' attacks that led Wei Longtao to make dazzling, complicated dodges, like a puppet that was being pulled by strings.
At this moment, thanks to Wei Longtao's' valiant fight ', most of the resistance fighters had retreated safely.
Almost a hundred balls of lightning suddenly exploded in midair, illuminating the underground world as if it were daytime. Then, deafening thunder echoed.
"Wei Longtao is going to break out of the siege!"
Li Yao's soul was naturally not affected by the sound and visual effects. He was still locking onto Wei Longtao coldly. "Or rather, he is going to 'perform' to break out of the siege!"
As he expected, mixed with the might of thunder, Wei Longtao's flames of spiritual energy were ten times more intense than before, blowing the ragged Ares Extension into pieces that were exploding nonstop and spreading out.
Then, he turned into a streak of brightness and dashed toward the depths of the forsaken mine, which was not far away from Li Yao.
Several Immortal Cultivators were chasing after him. They seemed determined to get the guy, but with the senses of the Divinity Transformation Stage, Li Yao vaguely sensed that they were not serious about it at all.
Only a few of the livestreamers and trial-takers were still yelling. They really wanted to kill Wei Longtao.
However, due to the obstruction and interference of the regular army, several of their fatal attacks missed their target, smashing into Wei Longtao's body with a large number of scorching fireballs, making the scene even more hair-raising.
"Shua!"
A streamer or a trial-taker was surprisingly fast and approached Wei Longtao ahead of the rest.
However, Wei Longtao turned around and swung his axe, cutting him in half at the waist. Before his internal organs could spurt out, the Burning Sky Battle Axe burned them into charcoal.
The gory scene dazed all the Immortal Cultivators for a moment. At the very least, the regular soldiers seemed to be dazed for a moment.
The regular soldiers were sluggish and panicked. They also happened to be in the way of the trial-takers and the streamers, slowing them down by half a second.
Wei Longtao took the opportunity to speed up and dashed into a secret tunnel at the bottom level of the forsaken mine. Then, explosions echoed inside the tunnel, and it completely collapsed!
The Immortal Cultivators rushed close. Looking at the flames that were dashing out of the collapsed underground, they gnashed their teeth in fury. But it never occurred to them that an enemy ten thousand times more dreadful than Wei Longtao was lurking right next to them.
The short and "gory" battle below the ground finally came to an end.
The corpses of countless resistance warriors melted with the furiously burning turrets and turned into scorching waste iron that rolled down from above and smashed into the bottom of the forsaken mine, turning it into a nameless graveyard.
The Immortal Cultivators had taken control of the entire forsaken mine. They seemed to be building the place into a temporary command center. All kinds of engineering facilities and materials were shipped over and they were working on the top of the mine.
As for the earthly dragons that had fled to the depths of the underground world, not only did they not seem to be pursuing them relentlessly at all, they did not even show any intention of chasing after them.
It was almost as if …
They were certain that the resistance warriors would walk into the trap on their own. They were not in a hurry to chase after them at all.
Li Yao locked onto the few trial-takers and streamers who were trying their best to kill Wei Longtao without batting an eyelid.
He vaguely had a feeling that he would be able to collect critical information from those guys.
As he expected, the arrogant Immortal Cultivators thought that all the resistance warriors in the forsaken mine had been hunted down. They all took off their helmets and breathed the air that was mixed with the intense smell of blood, looking at the messy battlefield regretfully.
"Is this one of the legendary epic-level quests?"
A handsome, young Immortal Cultivator licked his bloodstained lips and smiled. "It doesn't seem to be much better than the platinum-level quests in Liberty City. It's just a game of whack-a-mole."
"Why are you in such a hurry?"
Another female Immortal Cultivator who had a blood mole at the center of her forehead glared at him. "The first level is just an appetizer. Isn't there a 'Battle of the Saints' later? That is not the final level, either. I'm told that a magnificent, thrilling space battle has been arranged at the end. That will be the real feast. You will be able to eat and kill to your heart's content!"
"That does make sense."
The first Immortal Cultivator rubbed his hands and smiled. "Speaking of which, it is easy to find a few people of the Holy League who are emotionless and as cold as wood to kill. However, the innocent and idiotic 'Cultivators' are even rarer to find than three-legged toads. They are national protected animals.
"The feeling of killing such protected animals is indeed different from slaughtering chickens and dogs. Did you see how they were before they were killed? They would burst into tears, burst into fury, and roar out all kinds of heroic words. Hahahaha. How heroic, intense, and tragic. The feeling of killing them is much more exciting than killing the people of the Holy League who are like fish.
"Yes."
Thinking of the picture just now, the frost on the female Immortal Cultivator's face was melted, too. She could not help but chuckle. "'Long live the Cultivators'? Tsk, tsk, tsk. It's been years since I last heard such a cliché and hilarious line. I couldn't even aim my gun properly just now, and my hands were shaking. I really wanted to burst into laughter. "
"Hey!"
Another chubby Immortal Cultivator ran over excitedly. "There's a rather interesting side quest. We're going to hunt down those earthly dragons that are scurrying underground. Who hasn't had enough fun just now? Do you want to have some more fun?"
"Sure, sure. Let's go together. The 'Battle of the Saints' will not be opened for a few more days. We have nothing better to do anyway!"
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